Asp.net 2.0 deployment with encryption

I need to deploy and asp.net 2.0 application that has dpapi/machine
encrypted connection strings.

I tried using the VS Build Publish menu selection and then putting the
encryption in the global.asax application_start event. Unfortunately
this errors because the asp.net account doesn't have write permissions
to web.config. I'd rather not give permissions to the account.

I tried writing a batch file to compile and then encrypt the
application. That doesn't work because the compile machine is not the
same as the deployment machine and the machine keys are naturally
different.

Is there a way to automate the deployment process so that the deployer
doesn't have to remote on to the server where the app is to be
deployed?

thanks,

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